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It's Called The Dark Ages (Original Post)
ItsjustMe
Feb 2022
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rurallib
(63,196 posts)1. excellent!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)2. Prayer, the opium of the delusional! n/t
Karadeniz
(23,417 posts)3. Those are so accurate...
twodogsbarking
(12,228 posts)4. There are many things we don't understand.
Religion is one of them.
Biophilic
(4,738 posts)5. These are so right on. Thanks.
Jerry2144
(2,619 posts)6. The worst invention of humanity
is the creation of god(s). We would be so much better without religion
Tommymac
(7,334 posts)7. Powerful.
These pretty much explain why I am agnostic.
Humans cheat. Humans hurt others. Humans lie. Humans kill humans.
Humans are generous. Humans are caring. Humans create art. Humans sacrifice for other humans.
Why do I need a god concept to use as a maskirova to hide these simple truths from myself?
TeamProg
(6,630 posts)8. Religion is the oldest, most profitable marketing scam on the planet
Religion is the oldest, most profitable marketing scam on the planet - just ask Jim and Tammy-Fay Bakker, Pat Roberston, Joel Osteen, Benny Hinn, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, Kenneth Copeland, Joel Osteen, Harold Camping, Jerry Falwell, Gene Scott .. the list is long.
What religious leaders do is sell a product: salvation (which costs absolutely nothing to make) to those looking for answers that science can't entirely explain while the organization grows by assimilating many cultures and traditions to spread, like a virus, through as many cultures as it can. Pure profit !$!$!$!
Martin Luther formed a new church because the Pope was corruptly selling slices of Heaven known as "indulgences". The Pope was on the take from both poor and wealthy supporters - no surprise there. It's called 'Merchandising!"
lastlib
(24,902 posts)9. Arthur C. Clarke:
"One of the great tragedies of history is the hijacking of morality by religion."
old as dirt
(1,972 posts)10. Remember
It was the Catholics who rustled the cattle.
Every family grouping was allotted one cow a week.
What does your atheism teach about cattle rustling?